Those who lost their lives in the two-storey flat above the shop were Mary Ragoobeer, 46, along with sons Sean Ragoobeer, 17, Shane Ragoobeer, 18, and his girlfriend, Leah Beth Reek, 18.

Sean, Mary and Shane Ragoobeer and Leah Reek who died in the Leicester explosion

Viktorija Ijevleva, 22, who was in the shop at the time of the blast, also died.

Ali, of Drake Close, Oldham, Hassan, formerly of both Coventry and East Anglia, and Kurd, of Hillary Place, Braunstone, Leicester, are being assisted by Kurdish interpreters in the dock.

The defendants, who deny all counts of murder or manslaughter, have also pleaded not guilty to conspiring among themselves - and also with Miss Ijevieva - to commit fraud by false representations, whereby they intended to make a gain by pursuing an insurance claim in respect of a fire at Zabka at 253 Hinckley Road, between December 31 last year and February 26 this year.